Medical alert jewelry

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Medical ID jewelry provides valuable information about personal medical conditions in time of emergency. Medical ID jewelry is worn by many people with diabetes, allergies to foods or medications, or other conditions affecting health care. They enable medical professionals to know about these conditions when the person is unable to communicate.

Bracelets are the most common type of jewelry, but necklace pendants are also used. There are three types of medical ID jewelry. The most common form of medical ID jewelry provides a logo or inscription indicating a particular well known medical condition.

Another type of medical ID jewelry indicates membership in a medical information organization such as the MedicAlert Foundation, MedicAlert.org. Such medical ID jewelry includes a member identification number and a toll-free number for medical emergency personnel to contact the organization and obtain full information about the wearer's medical conditions, treatment, and history.

A third type of medical jewelry is a pendant or wrist strap containing a wireless alert button, also known as a panic button, worn in the home as part of a wireless medical alert system. This type of medical jewelry sends a signal to a dialing console which contacts a medical alarm monitoring service when an emergency occurs.